Vice has more martyrs than virtue and it often happens that men suffer more to be lost than to be saved

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.